Review of David Chandler's "Representing the Mad King"

May 8th, 2015

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David Chandler’s Representing the Mad King: George III in the Cinema, is an in-depth examination of two cinematic portrayals of King George II, commonly known as the Mad King, in Beau Brummel (1954) and The Madness of King George (1994).

Review of David Chandler's "Representing the Mad King"David Chandlers Representing the Mad King: George III in the Cinema, is an in-depth examination of two cinematic portrayals of King George II, commonly known as the Mad King, in Beau Brummel (1954) and The Madness of King George (1994). Chandler considers the importance of early representations of the Mad King, as well as analyzing the Kings illness itself, and explains the importance each film had to explaining events in its specific era. In both the 1950s and the 1990s, the story of mad King George and his eldest son could hold up